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package groovyx.gaelyk.obgaektify

import com.googlecode.objectify.annotation.*

/**
 * Acts as a convenience ancestor for domain classes using the Obgaektifiable plugin. No need to exempt the metaClass property in every domain class you write, and provides a handy leftShift operator for loading property data from a Map (like the data in the params variable).
 * 
 * @author Jeremy Brown
 */
abstract class Obgaektifiable implements Serializable
{
	@NotSaved groovy.lang.MetaClass metaClass
	
	public Obgaektifiable()
	{
	}
	
	public Obgaektifiable leftShift(Map params)
	{
		params.each{key, value->
			if(this.hasProperty(key))
			{
				this[key] = value
			}
		}
		return this
	}
}